{"id":480918,"date":"2024-03-24T01:57:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T05:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=480918"},"modified":"2024-03-24T01:57:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T05:57:15","slug":"verstappen-dnf-hands-sainz-melbourne-win-1-2-for-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/verstappen-dnf-hands-sainz-melbourne-win-1-2-for-ferrari\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen DNF hands Sainz Melbourne win, 1-2 for Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Sainz orchestrated a Ferrari one-two finish in the Australian Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc, halting Max Verstappen&#8217;s Formula 1 dominance as the Dutch driver encountered setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Sainz surged past Verstappen&#8217;s Red Bull to seize the lead on the second lap, only for Verstappen to retire due to a brake failure after a mere four laps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LAP 5\/58<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen makes it back to the pits. His pit crew can&#8217;t do anything. He&#8217;s not coming out again. He&#8217;s OUT \u274c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AusGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GqQW5W2CHh\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GqQW5W2CHh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1771752030748451241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From then on, Sainz expertly managed the race while Leclerc overtook Lando Norris of McLaren during the initial pit-stop phase.<\/p>\n<p>The race concluded under a virtual safety car following a crash involving George Russell. In a bid for sixth place, Russell&#8217;s Mercedes lost control at Turn Six on the final lap, resulting in a crash that left the car resting on its side, supported by the left-front wheel. Fortunately, Russell emerged unscathed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LAP 58\/58<\/p>\n<p>Big crash for George Russell \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes driver radioes to say he&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n<p>The race will finish behind the Virtual Safety Car <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AusGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SjooKJ8Y5v\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/SjooKJ8Y5v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1771770494678671391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For Mercedes, the day ended on a challenging note, affirming their status as contenders rather than front-runners, with Lewis Hamilton retiring after 16 laps due to an engine failure.<\/p>\n<p>Norris led Oscar Piastri to secure a McLaren three-four finish, ahead of Red Bull&#8217;s Sergio Perez, who struggled to make an impact in the absence of Verstappen&#8217;s presence on the track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Sainz orchestrated a Ferrari one-two finish in the Australian Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc, halting Max Verstappen&#8217;s Formula 1 dominance as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":480919,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17721,16968,17288],"news_category":[16921,16715],"gn_keywords":[18887,17744,17971],"acf":{"announce":"The World champion had to retire in Australia for the first time in two years","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480920,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480918\/revisions\/480920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480918"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=480918"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=480918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}